At that time many will fall away and will betray and hate one another,
Parallel translations
- WEB Then many will stumble, and will deliver up one another, and will hate one another.
- KJV And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.
- NKJV And then many will be offended, will betray one another, and will hate one another.
- NASB And at that time many will fall away, and they will betray one another and hate one another.
- NLT And many will turn away from me and betray and hate each other.
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Quick answer
Many will fall away, betray, and hate one another. It warns that persecution will cause some to abandon the faith.
Overview
Under pressure, many will stumble, turning on fellow believers and renouncing their profession. Persecution tests the genuineness of faith, revealing those whose commitment is shallow. This sober warning calls disciples to perseverance and to guard the love that should bind Christ's people together even in hardship.
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Cross-references · 16
- Mic 7:5–6Do not rely on a friend; do not trust in a companion. Seal the doors of your mouth from her who lies in your arms.
- Mark 13:12Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rise against their parents and have them put to death.
- Luke 21:16You will be betrayed even by parents and brothers and relatives and friends, and some of you will be put to death.
- Matt 11:6Blessed is the one who does not fall away on account of Me.”
- Mark 4:17But they themselves have no root, and they remain for only a season. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away.
- 2 Tim 4:16At my first defense, no one stood with me, but everyone deserted me. May it not be charged against them.
- Matt 13:21But since he has no root, he remains for only a season. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, he quickly falls away.
- John 6:66–67From that time on many of His disciples turned back and no longer walked with Him.
- Matt 10:21Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will rise against their parents and have them put to death.
- Matt 10:35–36For I have come to turn ‘a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.
- 2 Tim 4:10because Demas, in his love of this world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.
- Matt 26:31–34Then Jesus said to them, “This very night you will all fall away on account of Me. For it is written: ‘I will strike the Shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’
- 2 Tim 1:15You know that everyone in the Province of Asia has deserted me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes.
- Matt 13:57And they took offense at Him. But Jesus said to them, “Only in his hometown and in his own household is a prophet without honor.”
- John 6:60–61On hearing it, many of His disciples said, “This is a difficult teaching. Who can accept it?”
- Matt 26:21–24And while they were eating, He said to them, “Truly I tell you, one of you will betray Me.”
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